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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

My Heart…

the crochet hearts story continues. my plan was to crochet hearts and hang them as a garland for Valentine. I wanted to make silhouette hearts, instead of the hearts we usually crochet like these ones.

so far I am not too happy with the results. the Einband heart is done with single crochet stitches around a little iron wire and then shaped into a heart. I quite like it.

the soft fun by Scheepjeswol heart was done with a chain, then single crochet into each chain, 2 single crochet in the top 3 stitches of each heart-top, skipping stitches in the middle. I find it ok, but not really nice.

the lettlopi heart is a long row of chain stitches, then single crochet around that chain. by moving the stitches closer together or wider apart, you create curves. hmmmm, I find it the least successful heart.

what I do like about the hearts is their different textures, the combine really nice and make the single coloured hearts quite interesting I find.

what do you think? with which one should I continue? or let them all go and start a new version?

my idea is to try the wire heart with both other yarns, and try to felt the lettlopi heart and block it in the right shape. do you think that will work?

I love their unusual soft look, bit if you want them to take a definite shape you need to 'paint' the back with wood glue (it's white and gloopy and not very expensive). It doesn't matter if bits of the glue goes through to the other side. Shape them into a very definite heart and leave to dry on some paper (glue side up for 12 hours or so). The glue dries clear but makes the wool stiff.It's with checking out Attic24 for some help with using this type of glue and the results you can achieve. Hope this helps.X

I like the little one on the left best, it seems to be the neatest heart. I wonder if you could shape the wire into a heart shape first, then crochet around the heart - I've seen tutorials for crocheting around embroidery hoops, which makes me think it could work with wire. You could then make a more definite heart shape, with a sharper bend in the center, therefore a clearer heart shape...Chrissie x

I think I like the Einband best, the thin delicate nature suits those hearts I think. It's a tricky one though, all the yarns are lovely. What about a delicate very lacey heart pattern, with the wire around the edge so it holds it's shape? Like a heart cobweb, but prettier than a cobweb obviously!